Yes, trees and soils can absorb and store carbon, but the carbon doesn’t stay stored forever. That’s one of the problems with how net-zero plans for the climate are being designed.
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The pledge to end deforestation holds great potential, but Canada has some work ahead if it is to make meaningful progress on the new goal and stop ongoing forest and carbon loss.
Targets for reductions in methane and other greenhouse gases should be guided by science, and set in line with the Paris deal.
This Australian climate policy gives cause for hope, but will it really lead to a well-adapted Australia?
Electric vehicle sales are booming and coal power is dwindling, but structural obstacles to net zero remain.
Reach net zero requires policies spanning energy, industry, transport, agriculture, land use, even trade. Climate change is a whole-of-government issue. It’s every minister’s problem.
Labor is not due to announce its full climate plan until after international climate talks in Glasgow.
Electric boilers can be a green heating alternative, an expert says.
Allotments and repairing old clothes are just aspects of 1970s life that are making a comeback.
Restoring farmland is one of the best ways to tackle climate and environmental issues over the long-term. But this doesn’t appear to be part of the Nationals deal.
Word from The Hill: Scott Morrison’s (thin) climate plan for Glasgow
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
Saudi Arabia and soon Australia are making net zero pledges, but they have no plans to wind down fossil fuel output soon.
Research shows white male voices tend to dominate climate discussions - this must change if we are to halt environmental destruction.
Electricity should be a main focus, but big improvements are also needed in transport, industry, agriculture and buildings.
The UK prime minister has been setting out ambitions to be a world leader in the coming hydrogen economy.
After some prevarication, the prime minister is heading for the COP 26 meeting, But first, he needs to sort out the position on climate within the coalition.
This is a transcript of part 2 of Climate Fight: the world’s biggest negotiation, a series from The Anthill podcast.
Listen to the second episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
The National Party’s position on net-zero is wrong, for so many reasons. Not least, it’s a betrayal of rural Australia.
Some Nationals want agriculture carved out of any net-zero target. Cutting emissions from farms won’t be easy, but it’s essential.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Executive Director, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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CEO and Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute; Professor and Associate VP Research, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Associate Dean (Education), University of Nottingham
